Jonathan Williams

Got the bastard.

@peterbrash.bsky.social our father, who art in heaven.

Had about 5 in the garden too as I've had to mow my lawn over the last couple of days. They're getting much commoner now.

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found this in rhe car park at work yesterday.

Slowly mowing the rear estate to try to limit damage to insects. Several Praying Mantis were getting out or helped out of the way.

They're not my direct family. My partner's family.

In the camp grandad was told you are no longer a name, only a number. You'll be executed either by poison or by flamethrower. He escaped and has the legion d'honneuer hand signed by charles de gaulle.

Obviously I live in france and on their side. Maternal great uncle executed by firing squad for being in the resistance. Paternal grandad and great grandad were resistance and were dobbed in by a local family, arrested and taken to the labour camps. Great grandad died there. Grandad escaped.

Shadows of their former selves.

Apparently a couple of them on my mum's side from Hatton in cheshire. My great grandma's brothers.

Did she spell it luv too?

When I lived in Warrington and worked in Runcorn all my colleagues would say they were going to THE Asda. I was like, is there only fucking one or what?

Good photos. Brings back some memories. They breed in my region here in france and that's still the only one I've ever seen.

It was in June Phil 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hello Donald.

I think I've just about run out of easy and likely stuff now. I REALLY want a hoopoe.

It's on the radar for my garden too as an unlikely addition. I've had stonechat and wheatear so far but not whinchat yet.

What are the chances of you touring Europe these days?

Balls to 99%. Black. Yellow. Black. Wingbars and plain breast. It's a citril finch.

Big black chunky wingbar. No streaking on breast. For me Citril.

No streaking on the flanks either...... not good for serin.

Wingbars look like citric finch and absolutely nothing like serin to me.

Merci beaucoup. Je suis d'accord.

Unidentified farting object in my case.

I'm going golden eagle and I'm prepared to be shot down in flames.

On e photo looks like bearded vulture. I can't spell lamergeier 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So did I.